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Membership: By invitation to physicians or 

 persons engaged in allied scientific pursuits. 

 Total membership 665. 



Meetings: Quarterly. 



Professional activities: Eight endowed lecture- 

 ships, memorials to : Frank Billings, Charles 

 Warrington Earle, Walter Wile Hamburger, 

 Ludvig Hektoen, Richard H. Jaffe, Edwin R. 

 Kretschmer, Lewis Linn McArthur,and William 

 Hamlin Wilder ; four special funds, honoring : 

 George Howell Coleman, Jessie Horton Koessler, 

 William F. Petersen, and Harry P. Weber ; 

 Joseph A. Capps Prize, for most meritorious 

 investigation in medicine or a fundamental 

 science having direct bearing on a medical 

 problem, eligibility for prize limited to grad- 

 uates of medical schools in Chicago who have 

 completed internship or one year of laboratory 

 work within five years immediately preceding 

 competition ; George Howell Coleman Medal, 

 awarded to physician or kindred scientist who 

 has rendered outstanding service above and 

 beyond practice of profession ; Edward Lorenzo 

 Holmes Memorial Award, to young men who 

 have contributed meritorious work in medicine, 

 or to older men who have presented fundamen- 

 tally important medical problems, with prefer- 

 ence to work in ophthalmology ; Chicago 

 Woman's Club Fund for Research in Cancer 

 and Allied Diseases ; Edwin R. Kretschmer 

 Memorial Fund, for lectures or research in 

 field of blood dyscrasia. 



Publications: Proceedings, bimonthly, current 

 volume : 23, $5. Editor : Edwin F. Hirsch. 



787. Institute of Navigation. 711 14th Street, 

 N. W., Washington 5, D. C. President: I. E. 

 Rittenburg. Executive Secretary: Alton B. 

 Moody. Terms expire June 1961. 



History: Organized 1945, at Los Angeles. 

 Regions : Eastern, Western. Sections located 

 in various cities, and at military installations 

 in the United States and Japan. Technical 

 Committees : Air Navigation, Marine Naviga- 

 tion, Space Guidance. 



Purpose: To coordinate forward strides in 

 navigation and related arts and sciences by the 

 Armed Services, industry, and universities ; to 

 promote and develop highest standards for navi- 

 gation to insure safety. 



Mcvtbership: Regular members, 1,600, inter- 

 ested in navigation or related arts and sciences ; 

 Student, 30, persons attending, full time, recog- 

 nized colleges or universities ; Honorary, 2 ; 

 Library, 50 ; Sustaining, 3 ; Corporate, 33. Total 

 membership 1,718. 



Meetings: Annual. 



Professional activities: Thurlow Navigation 

 Award, annual, plaque for outstanding contribu- 

 tion to the science of navigation ; Burka Award, 



annual, certificate and $200, for outstanding 

 paper on navigation or space guidance published 

 in journal; GuUen Award, annual, navigation 

 watch, to person first in navigation at United 

 States Air Force Academy. 



Publications: Navigation, quarterly, current 

 volume : 6, free to members. Editor : John Dohm. 



788. Institute of Radio Engineers, Inc. One 



East 79th Street, New York 21, N. Y. Presi- 

 dent: R. L. McFarlan. Term expires Decem- 

 ber 31, 1960. Secretary: Haraden Pratt. Term 

 expires December 31, 1960. Executive Secre- 

 tary: George W. Bailey. Term indefinite. 



History: Organized 1912; incorporated 1913. 

 107 sections in the United States, Canada, and 

 other countries. Professional Groups : Audio, 

 Broadcast Transmission Systems, Antennas and 

 Propagation, Circuit Theory, Nuclear Science, 

 Vehicular Communications, Quality Control, 

 IVoadcast and Television Receivers, Instru- 

 mentation, Radio Telemetry and Remote Control, 

 Aeronautical and Navigational Electronics, 

 Information Theory, Industrial Electronics, 

 Engineering Management, Electron Devices, 

 Electronic Computers, Microwave Theory and 

 Techniques, Medical Electronics, Communica- 

 tions Systems, Ultrasonics Engineering, Com- 

 ponent Parts, Production Techniques. Com- 

 mittees: Antennas and Wave Guides, Audio 

 Techniques, Circuits, Electroacoustics, Elec- 

 tron Devices, Electronic Computers, Facsimile, 

 I-'eedback Control Systems, Industrial Elect- 

 ronics, Information Theory and Modulation 

 Systems, Measurements and Instrumentation, 

 Mobile Communications Systems, Navigation 

 Aids, Piezoelectric Crystals, Radio Transmitters, 

 Receivers, Research, Sound Recording and 

 Reproducing, Standards, Symbols, Television 

 Systems, Video Techniques, Wave Propagation. 



Purpose: To advance theory and practice of 

 radio and allied branches of engineering, and 

 related arts and sciences, and to maintain high 

 ]irofessional standing among members. 



Membership: Fellows, 823, minimum age 

 thirty-two ; Senior Members, 9,463, minimum 

 age twenty-eight, radio engineers or scientists 

 with eight years of active practice ; Members, 

 minimum age twenty-four, 38,977, three years' 

 active practice as radio engineers or scientists, 

 or as college teachers of radio or allied subjects ; 

 Associate Members, 13,165, minimum age 

 eighteen, interest in radio engineering or aUied 

 field; Student Members, 16,738, in four year 

 college engineering or science courses leading 

 to degrees. Total membership 79,166. 



Meetings: Monthly. 



Professional activities: Medal of Honor, in 

 recognition of outstanding scientific and engi- 

 neering achievements ; Founders Award, on 



